Paul Kerry "Bruce" Perkins Sr. (born August 14, 1967) is a former American football running back in the National Football League who played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and

Indianapolis Colts The Indianapolis Colts are a professional American football team based in Indianapolis. The Colts compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) South division. Since the 2008 ...

. He played

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for Butler Community College and the Arizona State Sun Devils. He also played in the Canadian Football League for the

Hamilton Tiger-Cats The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are a professional Canadian football team based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. They are currently members of the East Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL). The Tiger-Cats play their home games at Tim Hortons Fiel ...

and Memphis Mad Dogs.

Personal life

His older son,

Paul Perkins Paul Kerry Perkins II (born November 16, 1994) is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the UCLA Bruins, leading the Pac-12 Conference in ...

, is a former NFL running back. His younger son,

Bryce Perkins Bryce Perkins (born December 20, 1996) is an American football quarterback for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Arizona State, Arizona Western, and Virginia before signing with the Los A ...

, was a quarterback for Arizona State and Virginia, and played in the NFL for the

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. His brother,

Don Perkins Donald Anthony Perkins (March 4, 1938 – June 9, 2022) was an American professional football player who was a fullback in the National Football League (NFL) for the Dallas Cowboys. He played college football at the University of New Mexico ...

, played eight seasons as a running back with the Dallas Cowboys.

References

1967 births Living people American football running backs Canadian football running backs Tampa Bay Buccaneers players Indianapolis Colts players Hamilton Tiger-Cats players Memphis Mad Dogs players Arizona State Sun Devils football players {{runningback-1960s-stub